Rays' Bronx jeer new Yankee Stadium  —  The Yankees christened their new ballpark with Babe Ruth's bat on Opening Day, hoping to coax the pinstriped ghosts of past glory into following them across 161st St. and taking up residence at the new Monument Park.  —  They may want to consider witchcraft.

After 100th win, Big Z ponders future  —  Right-hander says he'll call it quits at end of current contract  —  CINCINNATI — On a night when Carlos Zambrano should've been toasting his 100th career win, the Cubs right-hander announced he will retire at the end of his current contract.

Ethier hits game-winner in ninth as Dodgers snap Phils winning streak  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andre Ethier hit a two-run double with the bases loaded in the ninth inning after third baseman Pedro Feliz made a fielding error with two outs, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers a 4-3 victory Friday night …

Bruney easing way back  —  After throwing off a mound yesterday, Brian Bruney is optimistic about his injured right elbow.  But since his brief return from the disabled list resulted in a quick return last month, the reliever is tempering his enthusiasm.  —  Bruney, on the DL …

Schuerholz issues public apology  —  Braves president regrets how Glavine release was handled  —  ATLANTA — When Tom Glavine exited Wednesday afternoon's meeting with Braves management, he was convinced that he was being released based on a financially based decision that was necessitated …

Halos' Santana wins duel with Verlander  —  Righty pitches into ninth; Figgins' great catch seals it  —  DETROIT — Nursing a nose bleed all night long, Ervin Santana managed to find his All-Star form on Friday night at Comerica Park — and it was a good thing for the Angels.

Ohlendorf brimming with intelligence  —  Pirates right-hander, a graduate of Princeton, always the smartest guy in the room  —  It was a conversation that has rarely, if ever, taken place in a baseball clubhouse.  As Pittsburgh Pirates players were milling about, doing nothing of particular interest …

Gibson Has Stress Fracture  —  Missouri righthander Kyle Gibson, the No. 4 prospect on BA's Top 200 Draft Prospects list, has a stress fracture in his right forearm and will be shut down for six weeks.  This obviously will affect him in Tuesday's draft, when he was projected to go in the top half of the first round.

Buc rips ‘no class’ Beltran  —  WASHINGTON - Pirates first baseman Adam LaRoche blasted Carlos Beltran Friday in Houston, a day after the Met said he was “embarrassed” to be swept in Pittsburgh.  —  “I think it shows zero class and zero professionalism,” LaRoche told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Vin Scully: June 6, 2008  —  Normally on the telecast we talk about “This Day in Baseball.”  I don't mean to sound grumpy or grouchy, but I can't believe what I didn't hear.  I listened to the news on the radio for an hour and 15 minutes today.  Did not hear one word about what this day really means.

Draft Class '09 Top 50  —  To be clear, this is not a prediction of how the players will be selected, nor is it any kind of mock draft.  Instead, this is a pure ranking of talent based on a combination of ultimate ceiling and the probability of reaching it after numerous conversations with scouts …

Mets must face possibility that Reyes has peaked  —  A Jose Reyes triple exists somewhere on the list of the best things you might see at a baseball game, somewhere alongside an Albert Pujols laser and a Justin Verlander gem and a Denard Span wall-climb.  Reyes hits a ball into the gap …

Ghost of the New York Mets … The ghost exists.  —  Close your eyes, and you'll see him, flying up and down, left and right, through the glistening, freshly painted hallways of Citi Field and onto the crisp green grass.  He laughs a lot — not in wicked tones, per say, so much as a sadistic, Jim Carrey-in-The Cable Guy sort of way.

Cargo era delayed by delayed flight; Outfielder scratched  —  ST. LOUIS - A delayed flight has delayed Carlos Gonzalez's much anticipated Rockies' debut.  —  He was originally scheduled to start in left field and hit seventh.  But a late connection from Colorado Springs to Dallas nixed his debut …

New York Mets manager Jerry Manuel says he ‘could have strangled’ David Wright,' unhappy with base running  —  WASHINGTON — Mets manager Jerry Manuel said he “could have strangled” third baseman David Wright for trying to steal third base in the 10th inning of Friday's 3-1 win over the Nationals.